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Horse-shoe Moulds, Set in Ice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and lettuce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,121 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Horse-shoe Moulds, Set in Ice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the moulds on ice to set.

  2. Fill two border moulds with aspic cream and set aside.

  3. Once set, briefly dip the moulds in hot water you can comfortably touch.

  4. Wipe the bottoms of the moulds with a cloth to remove moisture and turn them out.

  5. Arrange the sweetbread horse-shoes on the borders of aspic cream.

  6. Garnish with finely shredded lettuce and chopped aspic jelly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cream + lettucetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,121 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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